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The CDC's count is 14 more than 2019, when America almost lost its status of having eliminated the vaccine-preventable illness.
This is the third known measles-related death tied to this outbreak. One was another child in Texas and the other was an adult in New Mexico.
Measles is a respiratory virus that can survive in the air for up to two hours. Up to 9 out of 10 people who are susceptible will get the virus if...
State health officials say this outbreak is Texas' largest in nearly 30 years.
Officials are buying Benadryl and epinephrine injections to help fill requests as wasp stings surge.